2012: Pamela Kerpius

1.  Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson)
2.  Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)
3.  Amour (Michael Haneke)
4.  Red Hook Summer (Spike Lee)
5.  How To Survive A Plague (David France)
6.  Hope Springs (David Frankel)
7.  Cosmopolis (David Cronenberg)
8.  56 Up (Michael Apted)
9.  Premium Rush (David Koepp)
10.  Barbara (Petzold)

Runners-up:  Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino), Magic Mike (Steven Soderbergh), Lincoln (Spielberg), Arbitrage (Nicholas Jarecki), Like Someone In Love (Abbas Kiarostami)

Pamela Kerpius holds a M. A. in Cinema Studies from New York University.